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UNIONS' RIGHTS • Unions have the right to be recognised.
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Most officials say voluntary recognition is best as it forms the basis of future good working practices. But unions can apply to the Central Arbitration Committee for formal recognition provided they have either more than 50% of the proposed bargaining unit (the people they represent) in membership or have more than 10% of this unit in membership and in a ballot where more than 40% of people issued with ballot papers vote for recognition. This statutory recognition gives unions the right to negotiate on pay hours and holidays. See www.cac.gov.uk for details
• Recognised unions have the right to receive information on pay and benefits, employee numbers, performance and how the company is doing financially to allow them to negotiate • Union members cannot be victimised for their membership, and lay union officials have the right to paid time off to carry out their union duties and receive training under the provisions of the 1992 Trades Union and Labour Relations Act • Unions do not have the right to insist that staff members join the union • Union health and safety reps have the right to paid time off and to be consulted on health and safety matters under the Safety Representative and Safety Committee Regulations 1977 • Trade union Learning reps were introduced as part of the 2002 Employment Relations Act and also have a statutory right to time off for training and to carry out their duties. See the web page at www.berr.gov.uk/employment/ employment-legislation/employment-act-2002 Under the same Act, unions have the right to represent their members in discipline grievance and redundancy hearings, whether the company recognised the union or not